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Select Answers: Tessitore, Hologram, CM Punk AEW HOF?

Added 2025-09-02 16:00:11 +0000 UTC

Welcome to Select Answers, a short feature that provides some of the answers to questions that were posed to Sean Ross Sapp in the most recent Fightful Weekly Q&A Podcast. The show drops every week on Fightful Select for subscribers.

When aggregating these posts please refer to it as "Fightful Select Answers Q&A" and tag Fightful, noting that it was in the Q&A format to avoid confusion.

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What are your thoughts on Joe Tessitore’s first full year in WWE?

I think he's fantastic. A natural. Granted, I'm a big Fight Night fan, so the voice was a very familiar one for me. He's clearly a fan of pro wrestling and enjoys the work. That goes a long way when setting up for success. I think wrestling fans can tell when someone comes in with a knowledge of wrestling.

Hey SRS, hope you're well! Have you heard anything about the "Access Denied" Hologram video that played at the start of the ROH show?

Hologram specifically has always been something that was an idea of Tony Khan. He actually mentioned the character backstage a number of times before it became a reality and there were some technicogically ambitious elements planned. The clone angle was also planned well over a year ago, and is expected to be portrayed by Arez.

On the topic of an AEW Hall of Fame, do you think AEW will ever induct CM Punk? I know he caused some of the darkest moments in the company's history, but he also helped the company to reach a new height in 2021-2022..

I don't think so. I believe that one day fences will be mended, but I think Punk is now a "WWE lifer" and will effectively move into a managerial role after his in-ring career is over. I could see him taking control of NXT when Shawn Michaels decides to wrap up that end of things. I don't think there will be a situation where Punk could be inducted, and I think it wouldn't happen anyway.